[
US
/ˈsaʊθwɝd/
]
[ UK /sˈaʊθwəd/ ]
[ UK /sˈaʊθwəd/ ]
ADVERB
-
toward the south
the ship turned southerly
NOUN
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
ADJECTIVE
-
moving toward the south
a southbound train
How To Use southward In A Sentence
- On Tuesday the frontal rain in the north is likely to slide southwards, drawing down colder air for a time over northern and eastern parts. Times, Sunday Times
- After we had lost all steerage way we were swept bodily southwards by the inblowing winds towards the cyclone's centre.
- But the high pressure that delivered the spring weather is slipping southwards and the jet stream has reappeared over the UK. Times, Sunday Times
- The heavy-coated and mufflered man was walking quickly southward; he waved his umbrella to a passing cab, which, however, did not pull up. The Town Traveller
- A comparison of Colombian tobacco imports with US tobacco exports reveals just how many contraband cigarettes were being shipped southward from the United States.
- After a period of time in Ternate, she left and sailed southward of the Celebes where they stopped at an island and graved the ship for 26 days.
- As long as the Germans held Caen, they denied access to the plain stretching southwards for just over 30 km.
- The surge travelled southwards along the coast.
- Once again, the Americans had essentially reassumed control of the airfield by operating the air traffic control system that extended southward from Thule to Newfoundland.
- As the VC were driven southward, they moved toward the crow's-foot in Kim Son valley. Chickenhawk